Combination-tool for manipulating wire.



No. 709,749. I E. C. COL-LEN.

COMBINATION TOOL FOR MANIPULATING WIRE.)v

Patented Sept. .23, I902.

(Application filed Feb. 8. 1902.]

(No Model.)

INVENTOI"? 127M272 C7014 ZZm v WITNESSES llirnn States EDWIN O. OULLEN,OF COLORADO, TEXAS.

COMBINATION-TOOL FOR MANIPULATING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,749, datedSeptember 23, 1902 Application filed February 8, 1902. Serial No.93.161. (No model.)

To (1, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN O. OULLEN, a citizen of the United States. anda resident of Colorado, in the county of Mitchell and State of Texas,haveinvented a new and Improved Oo1nbination-Tool for Manipulating Wire,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to wire-forming implements, and more particularlyto a convenient hand-tool for bonding, straightening, shortening, andotherwise n'lai'lipulating the wires ordinarily used in the constructionof fences.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevationshowing one edge of the tool and its appurtenances, and Figs. 2-3 and 4are fragmentary elevations showing the opposite edge of the tool in use.

The tool can be made of any suitable material and of any desired size;but I preferably make it of steel and of the size indicated in thedrawings. A longitudinal head (blS provided with a handle I) and with abifurcated claw c of the type sometimes designated as a coWs foot. Acylindrical boss dis integrally mounted upon the head a, and at rightangles to this boss is a substantially cylindrical member 6, providedwith a slotf, the same constituting a former for wire. A similar memberg, provided with a similar slot 71, constitutes another former, the twoformers being so arranged that the slots are in alinement. Alongitudinal arm 1' is disposed at right angles to the head a, and alink 70 engagesahook Z, mounted upon said arm. Upon the free end of thelink 76 is 'a longitudinal combm, which is used for the purpose oftemporarily securing a wire, as hereinafter described; A strap ofleather n is loosely pivoted upon a hook 0 on the comb m and is free toengage or disengage a hook 19 on the head a. This strap of leather isfor the purpose of normally holding the comb m in the closed position(indicated in Fig. 1) when the comb is not in active use. The head a,taken together with the handle Z) and the longitudinal arm 1',constitutes an L-shapcd lever.

. The tool can be used in various ways. For instance, if it be desiredto splice a broken wire the ends of the wire are brought into the slotsh of the formers eg, and the tool is revolved bodily around, so as tobend the wire back upon itself, as indicated in Fig. 4. In doing this alittle skill is necessary, as the wires must be broughtupon the sameside of the tool; otherwise it will be difficult to make the splice.Where it is desired to merely take up the slack of the loose wire, thetool is placed upon the wire and then twisted bodily around, bringingthe wire into the position indicated in Fig. 8. The splice can readilybe effected with the wire in this position. If it be desired to pull thewire bodily endwise toward a fence-post, this may be done in thefollowing manner: The comb m is released by unhooking the leather strap12. Then the end of theloose wire is dropped into the slot e, and theWire is carried once or twice around the longitudinal arm t'and thenaround the cylindrical former (Z, so as to have the wire thoroughlysecured upon the tool. Then using the tool as a lever it is placedagainst the post, the cylindrical former (1 being used as a fulcrum, andthen thehandle is borne upon until the wire is pulled around as tightlyas desired. Thehandlebis moved around untilthe comb m can be broughtinto engagement with the tightened wire and hooked over the same, andthe tool now being released will hold the wire temporarily for anydesired purpose. The bifurcated claw c is used for taking up shortsplices, as indicated in Fig. l.

The above instances are only a few of the many ways in which this toolcan be used to advantage. Several other uses will suggest themselves topeople skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

The formers e and g may be used separately for tightening the wire andfor making splices shorter than those made with the cows foot 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A combination tool for manipulating wire,comprising a handle, a bifurcated claw,

' a plurality of formers providedwith slots'for A combination-tool formanipulating Wire, comprising a longitudinal member provided with ahandle, and with a pair of substantially cylindrical formers disposedparallel with each other and provided with slots, said slotsbeing inalinement, and also provided with a cylindrical boss disposed with itsaxis at a right angle to the axes of the said cylindrical formers.

4. A combinationtool for manipulating wire, comprising a lever made oftwo longitudinal members disposed at right angles to each other, one ofsaid members being provided with a comb flexibly connected therewith,and the other being provided with a bifurcated claw, a cylindricalboss,-a pair of substantially cylindrical formers provided with slots,said slots being in alinement with each other and all for manipulatingwire, and a fastening for temporarily securing said comb in'a foldedposition when the same is not in active use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN G. CULLEN.

Witnesses:

L. E. LASSETER, A. A. DORN.

